Vikram Bhatt Quotes

I read a whole bunch of bits and pieces over the years, obviously from the fan magazines and the rest of the stuff, and I just wanted to give a little more insight into what's happening in my personal life.

I do a lot of sexy publicity, but I have yet to have any bad experiences regarding jealousy.

Sometimes I see people writing the most ridiculous things about me.

Rumours are a part and parcel of being an actor, and I am okay with that.

The tabloids, instead of being about alien babies and stuff, it's my triplets, quadruplets, marriages, feuds.

I've seen up close what can happen when actors talk publicly about their relationships: their personal life gets dismantled. It's a show business game, and it's one game I won't play.

For whatever reason, people just like to come out and say whatever they want to say about you when you're on TV.

I was told that someone on Facebook said something 'horrible' about me. Who cares? At least they're watching the show.

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My family doesn't want to be surrounded by cameras. We want to live like any other family.

I have to confess that I don't read much of what is written about me.

There are certain things people always bring up with me. The accident. The drugs. And how tight my pants were.

My fiance and I had a few problems working through some of the things that he saw me say and do on the 'Surreal Life.' Considering the company that I was in, Ron Jeremy and Trishelle from 'The Real World,' I think I was pretty tame.

That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about.

The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.

One great benefit of not being on TV every week is that people will be a lot less interested in what I have in my supermarket basket. I could even un-tint my car windows - or at least opt for a lighter shade.

People like rumors. They're going to say things like, 'You was at the club with Lil' Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight.' You can't get upset. You've got to keep hope alive.

You can't complain about the pressures, the paparazzi, the madness. Because that is the job. I've always understood that's the deal.

Rumors about me? Calista Flockhart, Pam Anderson, and Matt Damon. That's who I'm dating.

I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.

I think my life is often more interesting in the tabloids than it is in real life - or less; it depends. But I'm curious. I just try and see what they're going to make up next, and I try to just have fun with it and not take it all too seriously, because otherwise you can't function.

When we are out there selling a new picture, when did it become part of the deal that you have to sell the family? To use the juicy part of your life to get attention? I'm not blaming the reporters. It's the system.

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.